By Siddharth Prasad I’ve had it up till here with people saying that Delhi’s drivers are a rude and uncultured lot. It’s simply not true. Well, ‘rude’ may be true, but ‘uncultured’ definitely not. Delhi’s drivers have, in fact, a demonstrably literary bent of mind....

By Siddharth Prasad It isn’t easy being a nature lover. People expect so much more from you. If you haven’t hugged a couple of trees before breakfast and knocked off a poacher or two by midafternoon, people think you aren’t doing the job right. The list of Recommended...

By Siddharth Prasad A friend of mine has recently written a novel set in the mid-1800s. Not a very exciting period to pitch your plot in, you’d think. But actually, when you really go into the matter, you’ll see it’s a very smart move. That’s because ever since...

By Siddharth Prasad Now that Bombay has officially reverted to being Mumbai, the big question being asked in nomenclatural circles is whether Bollywood should now be renamed Mollywood? The big hitch, of course, is that the Malayalam film industry already bears that...

By Siddharth Prasad Even for those of us not currently getting married, the Wedding Season is upon us. With pressed suit and shining shoes, several evenings are being devoted every week to seeing off sundry relatives and acquaintances into the jaws of matrimony. And,...

By Siddharth Prasad While the weather is still cold-ish, let me quickly slip in another piece on Goa. This happened on a particularly laid-back sun bed at a particularly sacked out beach in a mostly-unnoticed corner of the sunny state. With little to do apart from...